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Myth of Sisyphus who had to eternally roll a colossal boulder for his crafty deceit directed at Zeus. Today Sisyphean task is one that requires large and futile volumes of work.

Sisyphus (1548–49) by Titian, Prado Museum, Madrid

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When a 16th century Dutch fisherman refused to release a mermaid caught in his net, the dikes burst and his island home vanished, becoming the Drowned Land of Saeftinghe. On foggy days, they say you can still hear the town's bell ringing.

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Mahuika is a fire goddess in Māori mythology. Māui tricked her into giving him her flaming fingernails one by one, stealing the secret of fire for humanity.

Read the whole story: https://t.co/r1VkQkiNtj

🖼️E. Mervyn Taylor

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The Sidhe ('She') are the Fair Folk of the Hollow Hills. They were Angels once, cast forth from Heaven for their pride. There are those who say they are the Neutral Angels that took no part in the War in Heaven and bore the healing Grail to Earth!

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The myth of the Wild Hunt is present in the folklore of numerous European regions, from Scandinavia to Britain and Germany, with various leader such as King Arthur, Odin and King Amerdag of Denmark

Painting by Peter Nicolai Arbo with Odin in charge of the Hunt

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Our collective understanding of Norse mythology is primarily documented in the Eddas: two from medieval Iceland and a more recent one from Massachusetts. The scribes illuminated them well. https://t.co/knKhZmFiIM

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All was dark when the sun used to live as a man among the San of the Kalahari; he was unusual only in that when he lifted his arms bright light escaped from beneath. Eventually he was flung into the sky to light the entire world.
Brian Froud Illustration

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This we're remembering all of the myth story books that captured our imaginations as kids! offers a whole collection of world myth books, more than enough to get the next group of little ones just excited!

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is full of myths about women of bravery & powerful goddesses! Here's my thread on a few of them! 📷goddess Ériu at , Co 🎨The Morrigan by Ameluria. ♀️ https://t.co/hibf9UWAB0

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London holds many legends and myths. Discover some of them in our story! 👇
https://t.co/PwmJlXSBBe

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Looking at the slain Medusa would turn you to stone unless viewed safely through her reflection...
The Baleful Head 1887

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Born in poverty, Emma Hamilton clawed her way from prostitution to invent classical ‘Attitudes’. Aristocratic audiences had to guess which character she portrayed. As Nelson’s mistress she became the world’s first media superstar
("Bacchante"🎨Romney)

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Pan & Psyche by Edward Burne-Jones.

Pan is the god of the wild, shepherds & fertility. Part man, part goat, his name gives us the word ‘Panic’.

Psyche, who earned the love of Eros, gives her name to the soul or mind and the term ‘Psychology.’

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Among the challenges set to the Norse gods by the devious giant Utgard was a wrestling match between Thor and some old lady - whom he could not beat. In fact, he was wrestling Elli, the avatar of Old Age herself, whom even the strongest god can’t out-wrestle...#FolkloreThursday

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The Witch (1882) - painted on a tambourine - by Luis Ricardo Falero (Spain, 1851–1896).

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In old lore Bride, the Princess of Summer, is enslaved by the Cailleach, hag goddess of winter. Bride is given snowdrops by kindly Father Winter, which she shows to the hag, who is enraged as they mean her reign is coming to an end. Img: Cicely Barker

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The Fates were a common motif in European polytheism, most frequently represented as a group of 3 mythological goddesses.They were often depicted as weavers of a tapestry dictating the destinies of humans.The witches in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' resemble the Fates

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KUBIKAJIRI (首かじり) head-eating ghost or ghoul of Japanese folklore rumoured to lurk in graveyards

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